Railroad Employment Information

Granite City steel plant to lay off 363 workers

and it has been in the city since 1895. It melts steel and molds it into parts for railroad cars. Officials at the Chicago-based company could not be reached for comment Saturday. The layoffs will begin Feb. 16. The state and employees were notified now
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Police, shelter reach out to troubled homeless people

Sean Connelly said officers used to 'arrest our way to solutions.' 'Under the Seventh Avenue bridge on the railroad tracks, you'd have 100 guys a night: rape, stabbings, just crime and blight,' Connelly said. 'We put together a two-week program, go in
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Everett buys land from Kimberly-Clark for a new fire station

building a parking lot on city land beneath a stretch of W. Marine View Drive that passes over railroad tracks. The remaining parking spaces will be created near the new fire station or another location that both parties agree to. Building the new
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KRALEV: New hopes for rail ...

(Nicholas Kralev/The Washington Times) The Swiss railroad system is one of the most efficient and reliable in the world. (Nicholas Kralev/The Washington Times) Have you heard that trains are 'in' again? They have been 'out' for so
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Useful Railroad Employment Sites

Grand Funk Railroad
Official site with biographies, articles, history, timeline, tour information, discography and online store.

Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Official Site for the movie.

Kato Precision Railroad Models
Japanese maker of HO and N model trains and accessories including American prototype models. [English, Japanese]

AcmeModel.com: Model Railroad Supplies
Switch Controllers and terminal panels - Model Railroad Supplies from Acme Model Engineering Company since 1938.

Railroad Hobbies
Northern California's model railroad store with a large selection of new brass, brass consignment, micro trains, LGB, Lionel, MTH, O scale, HO, N, and Z. Order by phone or email.

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